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Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies Gary Urton and first-year archaeology graduate student Carrie J. Brezine used a new database to study patterns on the strings, known as khipu. The strings were used as a recording system in the Inca Empire, which reached its height in the late 1400s in what is now Peru...
Bois said that the department still seeks to fill endowed chairs in Spanish and South and Southeast Asian art, and to hire for positions in seventeenth-century European and pre-Columbian art and modern architecture...
Lincoln and Douglass also shared many common interests. They loved music and literature and educated themselves (Douglass on the sly while a slave) by reading the same books: Aesop's Fables, the Bible, Shakespeare and especially The Columbian Orator, a popular anthology of speeches for boys. They were athletic, strong and tall: Douglass was about 6 ft., Lincoln 6 ft. 4 in., when the average height for men was 5 ft. 7 in. They refrained from alcohol and tobacco at a time when many politicians "squirted their tobacco juice upon the carpet" and drank on the job. They were ambitious...
...April 11th did not fly to Boston but knocked in the winning run for his new club, the California (I reject that ridiculous new name) Angels, in the 10th inning of a game in Texas. I'm sure Cabrera is upset that Theo chose to sign the other Columbian all-star shortstop, Renteria, to the long-term deal, rather than himself. If it's any solace, Orlando: We're not sure yet how we feel about Renteria. We know how we feel about...
...This year a special exhibition will be held at the Juan Carlos I Fairground focusing on the work of Mexican artists. Two in the spotlight are Francisco Toledo and Gunther Gerzso, whose work uses aspects of pre-Columbian icons and magical realism. Also at the Fairground will be an exhibition focusing on Scandinavian art. The fair will also feature the Black Box, a 250-sq-m, two-story-high new-media venue using video, 3-D projections and even artificial intelligence...